LUXURY OF LETTING GO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 24 (Supplement)

LUXURY OF LETTING GO.

' Yon ma£ be very tired of the slang phrase "going off the deep end," but the fact remains that it is the most expressive description ever invented of that particularly reckless state of mind. To habit-;; ual deep-enders, the act loses half its joys.;; It is only the outwardly meek, the gentle, .the humble, who savour most truly of the exhilaration of that tremendous and unexpected 'splashj which leaves the unsuspecting observer gasping and breathless. :, - ■\i~: Every meek and obliging person should for the good of her own soul and the souls of others f have' a periodical taste of : that first - fine • careless rapture which ' attends the plunge, ' even though it happen not more than once of twice a \far. •:.>

It is an excellent thing to lose one's temper occasionally, it invigorates and braces, and dispels mental inertia. And if, while losing your temper, you can nevertheless during the day find time to appreciate the dtartled expressions on the faces of your friends, ,and observe, tha gleaming of a glimmering ol a g'tst of a new-born respect, then, yon have 'lore well, and can enjoy yourself thoroughly. You should spend at least two or three days a year in a completely contradictious frame of mind —when the fact of your having done the same thing at the same time on the same day for several months should! be : sufficient to prevent your doing it on this day of days; , when,, in fact, you ; re'verSe your usual behaviour, and instead. of smiling sweet .acquiescence you .astound creation by refusing to do what is expected of you. When, in short, you . experience the " glorious sensation of 'going off the deep end."